| Slide Show People haulers supercars at the NY auto show |
Apr 5th, 2013 |
This year marks the 113th anniversary of the New York International Auto Show, North America's first and largest-attended auto show. With 1,000 vehicles plus the latest in tech, safety and innovation in nearly 900,000 square feet, this year's show features luxury and performance vehicles, as well as some family-friendly people haulers. Read all about the New York auto show, which runs ...
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| Pakistan mob burns shops cars in Christian neighborhood |
Apr 5th, 2013 |
A Muslim mob burned shops and cars and threw stones at a church in a Christian neighborhood in Gujranwala, a city of 2.7 million in northeastern Pakistan that was the site of anti-Christian violence in 2011. Six were wounded in the latest incident; calm was restored following police intervention. "The spark that ignited the violence was a dispute between young Muslims and Christians which ...
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| Cars.com Family Reviews the 2013 Ram 1500 |
Apr 5th, 2013 |
With its gigantic step-in height and heavy doors, it's clear that the Ram 1500 Express Quad Cab wasn't designed with families in mind, but that didn't stop Cars.com Family reviewer Courtney Messenbaugh from loading her kids into it. With its Hemi V-8 engine, Courtney said she had a fantastic time blowing by all kinds of family-friendly cars on the highway. Ram's Quad Cab has ...
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| Possible NHTSA Silver Ratings Aim to Protect Older Drivers |
Apr 5th, 2013 |
NHTSA may implement a "silver" rating system for crash-protection of elderly drivers. Regulators may also pay closer attention to pedestrian and backseat-passenger protection, and implement new tests for electric vehicles. "The baby boom is the largest generation in the history of this country," NHTSA Administrator David Strickland told Bloomberg in Washington. The agency ...
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| 2014 BMW 6 Series Whats Changed |
Apr 5th, 2013 |
lineup. Set to launch June 5, the new high-performance, rear-wheel-drive M6 Gran Coupe, which debuted at the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, will join 2014 versions of ...
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| NHTSA Car Seat Enforcement Pays Off |
Apr 5th, 2013 |
Keeping your kids in car seats and booster seats until they're the right size and age can be a struggle for many parents. In my circle of friends and family, as soon as kids reach 8 years old they start pressuring their caregivers to let them ride without a booster seat. Case in point: My 8-year-old nephew was riding in my car just the other week when one of my daughters ratted him out for ...
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| Recall Alert 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport |
Apr 5th, 2013 |
compact crossover, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The first is to address a fuel pump problem that affects 3,724 all-wheel-drive-equipped Outlander Sports manufactured from June 11 through Dec. 11, 2012 (check your vehicle's build date on a sticker on the driver-side doorjamb). These vehicles may be missing a fuel sending unit harness, which could result in ...
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| Report suggests Tit Bonhomme was on auto-pilot at time of tragedy |
Apr 5th, 2013 |
A draft report into the sinking of a fishing trawler off the Cork coast appears to suggest the vessel may have been on auto-pilot when it became stranded at the entrance to its home port of Glandore.The "Tit Bonhomme" foundered on Adams Island in the early hours of January 15 last year.Five of her crew lost their lives and only one, Abdo Mohamad, 43, survived.The bodies of Kevin ...
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| Tit Bonhomme on auto-pilot before sinking |
Apr 5th, 2013 |
An investigation into the sinking of the trawler Tit Bonhomme in west Cork in January 2012 has found that equipment on board the vessel indicates it was operating on auto-pilot when it crashed into rocks. Captain Michael Hayes, Kevin Kershaw and Egyptian crewmen Saied Ali Eldin, Attea Shaban and Wael Mohammed died when the trawler sank in Glandore Harbour. Wael's brother, Abdelbaky ...
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| Fisker Automotive lays off most rank-and-file employees |
Apr 5th, 2013 |
DETROIT, April 5 (Reuters) - Fisker Automotive, the struggling hybrid sports car maker, terminated most of its rank-and-file employees at a Friday morning meeting at its Anaheim, California, headquarters, according to a source who attended the meeting.About 160 employees are affected, the source ...
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